Title :
Aspects of Statistical Radar Polarimetry
Author :
Boerner, Wolfgang-Martin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Abstract :
A comparison between the Kennaugh matrix and the covariance matrix formulation of second-order moment radar polarimetry reveals fundamental relationships between power and variance aspects of bistatic and monostatic radar scattering from randomly distributed targets.
Keywords :
covariance matrices; radar polarimetry; radar theory; Kennaugh matrix; bistatic radar scattering; covariance matrix formulation; monostatic radar scattering; randomly distributed targets; second-order moment radar polarimetry; statistical radar polarimetry; Backscatter; Covariance matrix; Electromagnetic scattering; Matrix decomposition; Optical receivers; Optical scattering; Radar polarimetry; Radar scattering; Random variables; Symmetric matrices;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas, Propagation & EM Theory, 2006. ISAPE '06. 7th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Guilin
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0162-3
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0163-1
DOI :
10.1109/ISAPE.2006.353502
